The Monkey's Paw

At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another, and at the same moment a knock, so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.

The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended until the knock was repeated. Then he turned and fled swiftly back to his room, and closed the door behind him. A third knock sounded through the house.

There was another knock, and another. The old woman, with a sudden wrench, broke free and ran from the room. Her husband followed to the landing, and called after her appealingly as she hurried downstairs. He heard the chain rattle back and the bottom bolt drawn slowly and stiffly from the socket. Then the old woman's voice, strained and panting.

"The bolt," she cried loudly. "Come down. I can't reach it."

But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door. He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment, he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.

The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long, loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The streetlamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road.

THE END

37. Mr. White went downstairs again to get something. What?
He went to get the monkey's paw.
He went to get a candle.
He went to get a key.

38. He hears a knock on the door. Who/what is it?
It's the wind.
It's a rat.
It's Herbert.

39. Who tries to open the door?
Herbert
Mr. White
Mrs. White

40. Mr. White finds the monkey's paw and makes another wish. What did he wish for?
He wished Herbert away.
He wished the door would open.
He wished for his wife to open the door.

41. What happened when Mrs. White opened the door?
Herbert was gone and the street was empty.
Herbert said, "Hi, mom!"
Mrs. White died.